reminds me of my grandfathers passing he was a jew businessman in the deep south he was well loved by the black community because he treated every customer like they were his only customer we had several crosses burned in front of the business black were not allowed at white funerals so the black minister came to the kitchen door to pay respects from his congregation at that moment a plan was made my uncle st cousin and i stole the body and took it to the black church where they had a service for granddaddy in the eulogy the black minister said mr ernest was a white jew man but in his chest beat a heart blacker than the blackest nigger in here tonight that got a lot of amens and hand clapping and left me with the best memories of my grandfather a boy could have